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Constituency

106. Canning East

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1991

WB-CANNING-EAST

CPM 71.8%won by 50.1%INC 21.7%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 25.4% to 50.1%.

  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.5% between them, down from 99.5% — the field split more ways.
  • Safe seatCommunist Party of India (Marxist) won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
98,828
Margin
49,518
50.11%

Since 1987

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPMINC swing
+24.7%
CPM share
62.4% 71.8%
INC share
37.0% 21.7%
Turnout